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Cemetery Confessions: A Goth Talk Podcast

Dani Ashes

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Frequency: 1 episode/25d. Total Eps: 179

The world's number 1 Goth talk podcast! We discuss news related to the goth experience with a different guest each month, exploring the history, music, literature, fashion and community of the culture. We also feature interviews with artists and academics, album, book and movie reviews, debates, drama and more!

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http://andiharriman.com/
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http://www.thebelfry.rip/blog/2015/7/16/substanceandsubculture
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Grave Confessions: Unraveling Goth Identities

Episode 178

Tuesday, December 2, 2025 • Duration 03:26:00

Our big themes this week are identity and community. What is a goth mindset? Are all goths neurodivergent? Are goths feminists? What's in Dani's goth pocket?

Our guests this episode are Heather and Vesta of the Open Graves podcast!

Please support us on Patreon!

00:00 What's Your Darkness

21:45 Cali Goth

45:00 Digital vs Physical

50:20 What is Goth

2:00:12 Goth Boundaries

2:15:40 Sexism

2:32:45 Post Show Musings

3:22:00 See you Next Year!

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Who, What, When, Where and Why is Goth

Episode 177

Sunday, November 2, 2025 • Duration 02:06:41

Our guest Sam Harrison Emm of the band Hurtsfall joins us to run the gamut of goth. From gatekeeping, to goth in the mainstream, to defining goth. From the US to the UK we'll figure out this whole goth thing one way or another.

If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us on Patreon!

Getting Into goth 00:00

What is goth 5:00

Music Production 26:00

Club Scene 54:30

Goth in the Mainstream 1:01:55

Gatekeeping 1:18:40

Changing Goth 1:36:05

Post Show Musings 1:54:00

References:
-Double Eyelid - Edgar Allan Poe
-Queer as Folklore
-Cool with Clout

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How *NOT* to be a Goth

Episode 168

Sunday, March 2, 2025 • Duration 04:25:10

On this episode we dive deep into the new book 'How to be a Goth'. We'll talk about the shift from subculture to mainstream adoption, argue about celebrities being 'goth-coded', debate if high fashion can be goth, and a lot more.

Please forgive the audio issues in the first half of the episode.

If you enjoy the show, please support us on patreon!

Introducing the Book 00:00

Introducing the Author 18:25

Real Goths Sacked Rome 20:10

Gothcore or Goth Subculture? 51:00

Baby Bats 1:25:15

Can High Fashion be Goth? 1:40:36

We Finally Get Angry 1:59:50

What is Goth PT. 1 2:24:00

Aging in Goth 2:44:30

What is Goth PT. 2 3:10:00

Buy from Goths 3:26:00

Interior Decorating 3:42:50

Closing thoughts 3:58:00

References:
-Gen Z Brought Goth Back
-Egyptian Appropriation
-Essentialism
-Substance and Subculture - -

078: What is Goth?

Episode 78

Saturday, February 2, 2019 • Duration 01:48:04

For today's episode, we are going to give our post-mortem on the goth scene in 2018. We'll also be discussing where we stand on the proposition of defining goth including the major contentions and schools of thought around that issue. We'll review the new album from Ghostland offer our sinister suggestions and more!

You can get the Cemetery Confessions Shirt HERE!

If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us on Patreon!

Our 2018 in Goth Wrap-up

News: 16:56
The Neverending Goth Debate

Can you be goth without music? 22:01

Explaining the Definition of goth: 38:09
1. An appreciation of goth music
2. Aesthetic deviance that aligns with the sartorial idioms of goth.
3. Embracing darkness (manifest as an appreciation of the macabre, Gothic literature, finding beauty in the uncanny and abnormal, etc)
4. An active pursuit of incorporating these ideologies, material objects, and rituals into substantive, communal interaction. (lifestyle curation)

Is goth singular or multi-factoral? 52:47

How does The Gothic fit in? 57:50

Elitism in the Eternal Debate 1:11:22

My Video Series on Defining Subculture and Goth

The Birthday Party 2

Episode 77

Wednesday, January 2, 2019 • Duration 01:25:13

We are back with a surprise episode during our hiatus, made possible by everyone over on our Patreon! Thank you for going on a journey with me this year, I look forward to more shows and more great conversations in 2019!

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076: Goth vs. Goth: History of EBM

Episode 76

Sunday, December 16, 2018 • Duration 01:10:29

Andi Harriman and Trae go head to head on the philosophy, origin and evolution of EBM on this episode!

If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us on Patreon!

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075: The 90's to Now: Have we Changed?

Episode 75

Sunday, December 2, 2018 • Duration 01:31:14

This month we are taking a look at an article from the early 90's discussing the music of the time, the burgeoning interconnectedness of a global culture, and notions of authenticity and being called a poser. We've got a review of the new album from Nox Novacula, Sinister Suggestions, and more!

If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us on Patreon!

Our guests this month are Harley and Jon!

A Reflection on the 90's

How Has Music Changed 13:00

Is 'Poser' and Gatekeeping Still Useful Today 26:43

Was Religion Ever an Element of Goth Identity 45:42

Vampirism and Goth 56:00

Album Review: 1:06:00
Nox Novacula

Sinister Suggestions: 1:16:04

-VtM 5th Edition
-Ritual Howls
-The Haunting of Hill House
-His Dark Materials
-Derren Brown's Sacrifice

What's Next For Cemetery Confessions 1:26:00

074: Is Goth Apolitical?

Episode 74

Friday, November 16, 2018 • Duration 02:05:17

We have a special episode for you this week, we are back with a full panel to discuss one of the most contentious topics related to goth. In a climate where it is becoming increasingly difficult to talk to those who don't share our views, what role does goth play? Transgressive and activist counterculture, or impartial music tribe? Does denying the political roots and inclinations of goth culture lend itself to infiltration by racist and sexist ideologies?

Our panel this month consists of Abigail, Dani, Nephilim, Trae, and Zakkarri

If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us on Patreon!

I've avoided dividing the episode into timestamped sections, as the the conversation is loosely structured, each portion of the episode continuously builds upon the previous on, and they are wide ranging in and of themselves. As always thank you for listening and supporting the show by telling your friends about us or jumping on patreon!

References:
-Goth Homology
-Is "us vs. them" Thinking Hardwired?
-How Politics Became Our Identity
-My Time as a Death in June Fan
-Goths for Trump - - -

073: Goth-Punk and the Resistance of Style

Episode 73

Friday, November 2, 2018 • Duration 01:30:10

This week I want to look at what makes goth culturally unique among its alternative peers, discuss how the implicit flexibility of goth can lead it to fold into other subcultural groupings such as punk as we will see in the scene from Mexico City, and look at how goth has the ability to adapt to a local environment while remaining identifiable as part of goth culture. We will also be reviewing the new album from Living Temples, sharing our sinister suggestions and more!

Our guest this Month is Dasia, who you can find as Gothic SoulFlower on YouTube!

News: 8:26
Mexico City's Coolest Style Subculture

Album Review: 1:09:26
Living Temples - Against the Day

Sinister Suggestions: 1:19:30
Sabrina
Rendez-Vous

References:
Documentary on The Gothic and Goth
The Curse of Celebrity
Video on goth philosophy

071: Witch House and The Scene

Episode 71

Tuesday, October 2, 2018 • Duration 01:42:43

This month we are going to be taking a look at those liminal and elusive cultural groupings that have become tangential to goth such as witch house, synthwave, nu goth and so on. I want to look at what the cultural legacy and impact these groupings have had on the scene are and whether or not they have lost their subversive novelty or are going to make a comeback. We've also got an album review from Crystal Cage, sinister suggestions, and more!

If you enjoy the show, please consider supporting us on Patreon!

Our guest this month is Jean-Luc, aka DJ Alpha Omega! Find him on Twitch, Facebook, and Soundcloud.

uest Introduction 5:00

The Story of Medusa's, Neo, and Chicago's Club Scene 7:15

A DJ's View of the Goth Club scene 19:20

News: 40:00
The Impact of Witch House 10 years later

Album Review: 1:16:25
Crystal Cage - Crystal Cage

Sinister Suggestions: 1:26:45
Unsolved Mysteries on Buzzfeed
Blackcraft Wrestling

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